Mon.Sep 19, 2011

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Leadership is NOT Dodgeball

N2Growth Blog

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Leadership today seems to be all too often confused with playing a game of dodgeball. It’s as if many leaders show-up for work each day with a freshly applied coat of Teflon, ready to duck and dodge anything that comes their way. Let me be clear – I appreciate savvy and finesse as much as the next person, but not as a substitute for courage.

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Importance of Leadership Development in “The Individual Age”

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Events Leadership Development Workplace Issues As the twentieth century came to a close, the industrial age ended as well. Where most employees once worked in large manufacturing firms that relied on rote tasks performed on large assembly lines – from autoworkers to assemblers in all fields, today’s workers are more likely to work in service related jobs that require diverse [.

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Hypocrisy Isn’t Going to Get You There

Leading Blog

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What’s the matter with them? Why don’t they get it?” or said, “I feel like I am alone here,” maybe they are listening more to your actions than your words. Culture explains how things really work. Culture reflects practical values—values that will get you through the day regardless of what you say you believe. When it comes to preaching values, too many leaders are just talking heads.

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Training Isn’t Dead – Mike Myatt

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Mike Myatt (posts, web, Twitter) presents a thought-provoking and comment-provoking discussion over on N2Growth Blog titled Training Isn’t Dead, But It Should Be. Mike points out 15 reasons why development is more advantageous that training for creating leaders. Take a minute and check out this great post and the great discussion it spurred.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Being Busy Makes You Stupid

Next Level Blog

Being busy makes you stupid. And when I say, "you", I mean me. Heck, I'll just say it out loud. Being busy makes me stupid. I realized this in a conversation with my wife on Friday night. We were. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Women Entrepreneurs: Tory Johnson; Fired Up Rather than Fired From

Women on Business

Were you ever fired from a job? Just the thought is chill-inducing. Fired, it means failure, finished, foolish, and a lot of words that are meant to be esteem-downers. That’s how it was for Tory Johnson when she was a twenty something and on the rise in corporate America. Within one hour she had fallen from grace and was out on the street. Fast forward to today.

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A Leadership Intention (classic)

Leadership Freak

Repost of a favorite: How do you want others to feel when they are around you? Like you are smart or like they are smart? Like they have great ideas or like you have great ideas? Like they are stars or like you are a star? One of the best things One of the best [.].

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It’s Not About You

Kevin Eikenberry

This week’s Resource Recommendation is It’s Not About You by Bob Burg and John David Mann. This book is so new that it isn’t released until tomorrow! I was pleased to get an advanced proof of this book so I could read it and tell you about it before it is released! I’ve reviewed other [.].

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Swearing in the Workplace?

Women on Business

Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer. There’s been a great deal of buzz lately about Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who was recently fired. Her apparent fondness for “salty language,” as it has been described, has been a big part of the conversation. The premise put forward is that her profane language is being called out because she’s a woman and her behavior is unexpected, therefore it’s more noticeable.

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The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan

CEO Blog

One of my friends is taking on a new leadership position so my instant thought was what would be the best book for him to read. So when " The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan - How to Take Charge, Build Your team, and Get Immediate Results " came to mind. I have long been an advocate of 90 day plans. Or really 3 month plans. 100-day is the same thing. 90 days is long enough to accomplish something but short enough to be urgent enough.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Stress Accelerates Aging. Exercise & Meditation Help.

Tony Mayo

Professor Elizabeth Blackburn is the discoverer of telomeres, tiny units of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that protect and stabilize our genetic blueprints. Telomeres seem to act as a biological clock that limits the live span of cells–and of ourselves. psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you [.].

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Economic Growth and Civility – There is a Connection

First Friday Book Synopsis

When people have more – more money, more resources – they are less likely to come apart as a society. With economic growth, people are more likely to work together well, get along with each other, and accomplish greater things. When there is good economic growth, people practice civility. This is the view of Benjamin [.].

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Being Busy Makes You Stupid

Next Level Blog

Being busy makes you stupid. And when I say, "you", I mean me. Heck, I'll just say it out loud. Being busy makes me stupid.   I realized this in a conversation with my wife on. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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7 Steps to Boost Your Leadership Self-Confidence

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: What advice do you have for a leader whose bosses say needs to exhibit more self-confidence while still being collaborative and authentic? A: Thank you for this great question. I rarely encounter this issue in my work with CEOs and potential CEOs because people at the top of huge organizations don't often have self-confidence problems. But I have had several inquiries lately about helping future leaders who need to demonstrate more self-confidence.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Using Your Smart Phone to Gather Information; Cheating or Wise Use of Resources?

Mike Cardus

Is using your smart phone, tablet, lap-top etc…to gather information for a project cheating? This came up while I was working with a group of Professional MBA students (Designed for working professionals who seek an evening program at an accelerated pace, with the opportunity to complete the curriculum in 2.5 years). I was leading a High Performance Teams Workshop and part of the workshop is an interactive simulation called the Marshmallow Challenge.

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How Running Helped Me Be A Better Writer

Tim Milburn

Last summer, I made a decision to get in better shape through a phenomenal program called P90X (you can read about my results here ). With a new found focus on fitness, I chose to do something a little different this summer. I wanted to challenge myself with something I’ve always resisted doing – I took up running. If you know anything about me, you might know that I don’t like running and I don’t like to run…even if I’m being chased.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It

LDRLB

What is the definition of strategy? Elementary question, you say. Here is the elementary answer. Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management.

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Romance in the workplace

Chartered Management Institute

Romance in the workplace can be explosive and destructive. But relationships can be managed – and sometimes turned into a positive force, writes GQ columnist Rebecca Newman.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Why am I talking? (WAIT)

CO2

Why Am I Talking? At a Global 100 company, a new senior executive sat down with his division heads a week ago and told them to WAIT. His mentor, who ran and built this company, shared that same advice with him. At that time, the senior executive was confused. “Wait for what?” he wondered. WAIT, he learned, is an acronym that stands for “Why am I talking?

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Changing companies’ minds about women

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Joanna Barsh and Lareina Yee explain how and why leaders who are serious about getting more women into senior management need a hard-edged approach to overcome the invisible barriers holding them back. To read the [.].

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Should you ever get angry at work?

Chartered Management Institute

Displays of anger in the workplace tend to divide managers. Are they a good way of releasing the frustrations you have building up within you or are they unprofessional displays of emotion?

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Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School and co-author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Originally educated as a chemist, Teresa received her doctorate in psychology from Stanford University. She studies how everyday [.].

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It

LDRLB

'What is the definition of strategy? Elementary question, you say. Here is the elementary answer. Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management.

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Darwin, the Market Whiz

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an especially interesting article written by Robert H. Frank that was featured in The New York Times (Sunday, September 18, 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Since Darwin, the pioneering naturalist, never thought of himself as an economist, the question seems absurd. Yet his [.].

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Leaders: How To Maximize A Team's Effectiveness

Eric Jacobson

High-functioning teams can disagree and still produce excellent products and results. Team members can also disagree and still care about each other. And, they can challenge each other to think differently. Best-selling leadership book authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy recommend that leaders ask seven tough questions of their teams to help maximize their results.

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Beware of the 3 Double-Edged Traits of High-Achievers

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Being a high-achiever can be rewarding, but many smart, ambitious professionals are still less satisfied than they should be. This is because many of the behaviors that help [.].

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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8 Killers of Motivation and Momentum

Ron Edmondson

Recently I wrote 7 Ways to Motivate a Leader. Leaders need to remain motivated so they can help motivate their team, but I believe leaders also need to be keenly aware of how motivated their team is at any given time. Perhaps even more important, a leader needs to recognize when a team is decreasing in motivation so he or she can work to keep momentum from declining beyond repair.

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Art’s Weekly Leadership Message-Engage With Purpose

Management Excellence

Note from Art: Starting with this post, the Weekly Leadership Message is a new Monday feature here at Management Excellence. Use them in good health and great leadership! This week: Engage with Purpose. You don’t get time off from your role as a leader. There are no time-outs, no after hours hang-up-your-hat and become one of the gang situations. The best leaders understand that every encounter represents an opportunity to do something positive for someone or some group.

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Bringing Activity Streams to Forums and Communities

Managing Communities

photo credit: erin_everlasting There are a number of ways to tackle the index page of your community. It’s about showcasing your content and your members and that can be pretty flexible. Different approaches have different benefits and work well, depending on your audience and situation. The traditional list of forums can work well. Another popular [.].

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7 Ways to Not be a Great Leader @rajsetty

Management Craft

Being a star performer usually leads to rapid advancement up the career ladder. But a star performer doesn't always make a great leader. Why? Pal and fellow biz book author Raj Setty outlines 7 top reasons for this from different skill sets to limiting employees' growth to being uncomfortable out of the spotlight. But by addressing these issues, a star performer can indeed become an effective leader and create more star performers.

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.